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■ onstitution. ATLANTA, GA-, JANUARY 80,1872. A letter from Washington tells ns that am nestf stBl Ungers fa the Senate. The House has shown considerably more of magnanimity tti.n formerly. Indeed, nnirersal amnesty would be granted by the House if it were at all probable that the Senate woo'd concur. The resignation of Senator Vance js now in the of his friends. When that fact becomes known and his successor is elected, it la thought the Senate will agree to am- ItTa a cartels commentary on Radical leg islation, that a great pablic measure of ad mitted necessity like amnesty should be per milled to hang Are on account of hostility to one unimportant individual like Senator Vance. g The Six UBBdrtd Million As Jay Cooke has really proposed to take six hundred millions of the new nations! loan. Talk abont big things ! This is about the biggest indtrldnal thing that the history of the world shown Cooke is backed by the Rothschilds. A million is a large matter. But think of six hnndred millions of dollars in a speculation. Phew! Cooke proposes to tike fifty millions of tire per cents, by the first of February, with the option of fifty millions more daring the year. lie eaks that the interest be made payable In Europe, and then will take two hundred millions more of the fires, and three hundred millions of the four-snd-a-half be- f .re 1°75t Is gone. This payment of interest r. : ..iud will save expense to the bondholders, and insure commissions, that will run the in terest op. Hon, Hiram Warner. The appointment of Chief Justice Warner by Governor Smith, elicits universal con gratulations. The following from the Car- terariUe Standard and Expsea it a good spec imen of the genera! comment: " This incorruptible and great Judge, we are truly glad to learn, has been appointed and his nomination ratified by the Senate, as Chief Justice of the State of Georgia The appointment will be hailed with pleasure by the people of the8tate,and by none more than the members of the bar. One of the firet great minds of the bench, he remains his post to diffuse the light which beamed ■round it when hia departed compeers, Lumpkin and Nhbet, shared with him its un tarnished honors. Long may he lire to dis pense that justice which was administered in Che olden times, when virtue and talent were traobscuied by the lesser and unreliable offi cials which were forced upon us by corrupt and selfish administrations. Tbs Administration Weakening. The SL Loots Republican is much cheered up at the great weakening recently of Grant’s Administration. It ssys he Is not nesr strong •• he wss three months ago. It points to Louisiana, where Warmouth has his heels on the Grant party, and Grant is afraid Interfere with his bayonets; to Georgia, where the administration is thrashed out of its very boots, and national interposition too ticklish a thing to be attempted. Itihowsbow there are nineteen Republican Senators opposed the administration now against two some time back. It refers to Schurz, outlawed by the GianUte* a short while ago, and now powerful that the chances are pretty even to which will whip. It thinks the disaffected Republican i le nient has shown its power greatly, and that the Grant party is not the arbitrary, aggress ive concern It was six months back, but hu miliated, weakened and on the defensive. It augurs good results if .the Democracy will wiioly help. The Gotten Outlook. Smith, Edwards A Ca, of Liverpool, give hinuevteuiWe statistics Of the cotton trade of Great Britain. The following is the comparison of cotton movement in Great Britain for two years: 1871. Balsa Tutsi Imports i-iX-iffi J’i??’— Deliveries In the Irate 8*14,800 *.*17. Actitsl c.iuMimpuos .3,114.00 *,7*7,. Av.ir.Re weekly cnnsampllcm.... »,'C# :X.*UJ Exp n* 810,300 658400 Olovk li-ee eber *9 ... 7*7,000 Block sfliMt fur tlrast Britain ... 401,000 X*d.u*;.U prc.ciu cotteiuapUoa. CO.iNM Tuis shows a remarkable increase fa year. We bt-gin this new year under versed circumstances, expecting n small crop instead of a large one, with fair stocks hand and prices higher and rising. The crop will he not less than three and a quarter million hales, or a million less than last year. This firm advises tbo English cotton man ufacturers tons*great economy. Altogethc the chances of much advauce-in the price of cotton are not considered good. Spioneti arc weU supplied, there being 370,000bales fa Liverpool, London and Havre alone above last year, cheap cotton can be more largely used, and the good prices will stimulate great increase of cotton planting for next Tear. m m m Oar Platform for 1878. The North Georgia Times lays down these good rules. As we enter upon the duties of another year we beg leave to lay before our readers a summary of the tine we expect to pur sue. 1st We intend to furnish those who pat ronise us a readable paper. 3d. An important part will be devoted to original matter, such as communications, ed itorials, etc. 3d. One of the most Important items will be the news department, giving the news of the wide world. 4th. A choice selection of.miscetiany will deck our columns. 3th. A little spice and humor will be the finishing touch of the whole. 7th. Our merchants require us to cash every article of merchandise we purchase and consequently necessity compels ns to adopt the same measure. 8th. Money most accompany advertise ments or orders for work. The Prosperity of Albany. The following lines from the Central City wil 1 do for other latitudes: Our people should be united fa their efforts to build up our city and render it all its supe rior advantages are capable of making it. In whatever else we may be divided, we should know no division of sentiment or feeling here. As citizens of Albany, we should be as on*, ever appreciating the Importance of unity and harmony. No city ever advanced naturally, of Itself. Advancement alone can be secured by an intelligent and perais'ent effort on the part of its citizens te become wealthy and powerful. Natural advantages are bat the smx of progress fa the hands of a determined and enterprising population. Nor can a people, any mure than an individual, work resolutely and successfully unless their heart is fa the matter. They must become attac, whatever they seek to promote. And what ever lends to alienate their affections oe in duce them to think tightly of their inheri tance should be avoided as an evil of the greatest magnitude. Hence, if we would succeed fa tasuringjtbe success and progress of Albany, we must learn to look at it fa the most favorable light, and train our minds to dwell upon its beat points and most attractive features, until we become engrossed and enthusiastic in ear admiration of and attachment to it For instance, we must learn to lew Albany as the citizens of Savannah love their city, and almost idolize its name and fame. Cbref^or ParlHir That staunch Cld Democrat, Joel Parker, has been elected and inaugurated Governor New Jersey His inaugural rings heavily States rights. The Democratic papers everywhere are quoting and commending ifi He urges local self-government and scathes corruption fa office as the crashing evil at the dmy. His views are admirable. We do not re produce them, as he presses the theory of Stales rights, so familiar and so dear to ill Southern men, particularly. There is one veiy anomalous feature, how- lUR ItV'wBRttnt' of Governor Parker's inaugural. We find the most ultra anti-new-deporture paters the most pro- in their indorsement. The Mobile Register, the Louisville Ledger, we believe, and, lastly, the Atlanta Son, are very em phatic. Mr. Stephens calls attention to n letter from New York, whose suggestions he worthy not only of perusal, bat of mature reflection.’’ This letter, after saying that “the New Departure strategy and piastre policy have failed,” suggests that Governor Paiker’i inaugural “contains the tn tterials for the best Democratic platform, and there cxgr.pt be found fa. the United flutes a better Democratic candidate in the contest of 1872 than Governor Parker.’ Yet, fa that inaugural so suggested to be used for “the best Democratic platform,” and whose author is held forth for a flue Presi dential Democratic candidate, and which suggestions Mr. Stephens ssys are worthy of mature reOcction j yet. we repeat, fa that in augural we find the following paragraph as serting the very essence of the New Depar ture. Read it: If the people at any time conclude that the general government has either too much or too little authority for the safety of the na tion there is a lawful mode provided to which its delegated power* may be increased or diminished. Much of former 8tate juris diction has recently been absorbed through constitutional amendments. The constitution provides for this method of alteration; and when an amendment is ratified by the re quired number of Slates it becomes part of the organic law, and at such should be re spected and obeyed, whaterer 'views may have been entertained as to llie policy of the change. As law-abiding citizens ue thould recognize th‘ Conetilution, tetth the amendment Hereto, ae tho late of Ae taml. Farther agita tion of the politic d imuee invoked in tie recent amendment! mould be detrimental to the and harmony of the country. But we forbear. We have always worked for harmony, .and this certainly illustrates the harmonious tendencies of the party. There have been disagreements that have grown out of misunderstanding, and it would hare been well if more toleralioD had marked the discussions of party difference*. Each day hut vindicates the propriety ol our course In condemning the Southern dis cussion last fall of that unfortunate New Departure issue—a discussion without results save for harm, about a subject the most mis understood and misrepresented in the world. We have always believed that the masses of the Democracy North and South were true to the Constitution and would unite on a brood ground of common conviction in the national contest. At the same time we thought that the sections of the party must, in their local matters, be free, and any at tempt to nationalize local fights, and to cramp ail views to the same procrustean bed could but work damige. Bggg&BBSBga AMSKSTY, e mm .gnm A iiacy Debate in theUnited States Senate. Morton Locks Horns with Thur man and Blair, and Gets Badly Gored. upon sicxiv sentimentalism tnerosity. He thought there 1 of m isapprehension throngh- r in regard to the disabilities and addressed the Senate upon it Hede- clared himself opposed to universal suffrage, and characterized the arguments fa favor of it as based upon sicklv sentimentalism and spurious gtuerorityj was a good deal ' out the country now resting upon those who engaged fa the rebellion. It was, perhaps, not generally known that J effersan' Davis and all hia fol lowers had as much right to vote as any man ed fa the Union army. He re-1 : history of the Fourteenth Atnend- argued that the provision in it au thorizing Congress to remove disabilities by a two-thirds vote -was not designed to au thorize the removal of disabilities from classes,bat only from individuals It seemed therefore to be strafaiog the Fourteenth amendment to past the amnesty bill as it came from the House. He was willing, however, to vote for that bill, but he never would vote for it with the exceptions stricken out. The disability proposed by that amendment I upon Southern leaders was the last remain-1 ling legal mark of disapprobation'o( the re- bellion. and he could never consent to lls re- Mr. Morton called for the regular-order, tn*r tv *■ awage the «hi, Perhaps there is no greater social problem in the minds of the ladies than how wives shall keep their husbands away from the bil liard saloons and bar-rooms at nights. So many married men, whose evening hours should be given to the home circle, and inno cent association with wife and children around the home fire-side, spend them play ing billiards and junketing among the royster- ing crowds of liquor shops. The wife spends the day fa the drudgery of house-keeping duties, and feels that she has a right to the companionship of her hus band in his leisure hoars. The charming picture of the social intcrcouse of the eve ning fireside after the cares of the day are over, is one wistfully longed for, but too often vainly realized by many a devoted wife. She has a right to expect it She has a strong claim on the wanderer. Shut out by domestic duties from the world, she looks to her husband to fill the world’s place in her life. It is a deserved compensation for her drudgery that her husband should enliven the few honra of the day after supper with his presence and conversation. For the benefit of those neglected wives -who wonld like to correct this hod state of things, we give the following admirable method of strategy: 'It’s no place for a woman." So said a AM" The people of the several States have yet to learn by sadder experience, bv deeper financial derangements, and by soctalaad po litical disorders, that there con be no depart ure from first principles—from right private and public fair dealing without the whole atdtl and political fabric of society being dt{ moralized. There is still a harder lesson to be learned—thsi there is no help for such as unhappy condition but in a speedy return to tr.t principles, and to primitive virtue and economy.—Jefenenian Democrat Bow Wonsan's flight* Wore In Wyoming, where the woman's rights are fa metivo operation, the thing is reported be all right. The women vote intelligently, and defeated the whisky candidate. As ju rymen, they escaped challenge on account of the gallantry of the lawyers. This has be come court ctiqsctte since. A murder was tried. One woman got sick, after three days, and a new juror was selected, and three more days lost in retaking the proof for bis Ixmcfilat the expense to the county of over $1,000. The prisoner gave up and plead guilty, tired out. It turned out that one of the woman juror was not n citizen, Ibe pros ecuting attorney being too sheepish to ask her any questions. The coart ordered a new trial, but the accused plead guilty again, rather than go before another, chignon juiy. The way tiio husbands Suffered is thus de picted : As to the husbands and children of these ambitious jurors, their case was truly heart, rending. During the entire week they could neither speak nor communicate with their loved and lost. At morning the doorways of the courtroom were crowded with disconso late husbands and children waiting to catcb a glimpse of their wives and mothers as the Sheriff brought the jnry into court. At night liny would linger to gaze at the retir ing forms that once gladdened their homes and their hearts, as they were marched off ly the Sheriff to the public hotel, to rot and spend the night together. One husband be- came uncontrollable, and asked the Judge permit his wife to go home and see h, r chil dren and spend the night once more. But the Judge was inexorable, and the poor hus band returned alone to bis desolate fireside to indict a withering review of the bane ful results of Woman’s Bights, which appeared in an evening paper on the following day. nis argument was based upon the domestic impracticability the system, and upon the divine au-jounce- ment that U is not good for man to be alone. During the entire week the ladies and gen tlemen of the jury ate, drank apd slept under the guard of the Sheriff, the ladies nil in one room and the gentlemen in another cummn- nlca'ing. The day on which the court dis missed the jury was one of rejoicing on the part of the afflicte-i. But home had lost its charms for their wivoe and mothers, whose heart* had been turned by the flattery of counsel, and their heads filled with vain am bitions. The following week was spent by these exemplary women upon the sire,-ts arid fa public places, telling what happened the jury and what they knew abont criminal I*w and the rules of evidence. They re minded one of a rchool boy, with his first pair of red topped boots, or Young America with his first cigar. Some trouble occurred through the incon venience of young jurors wanting lacteal ra tions. One woman run for office, and some of her political sisters let their prejudices override their party fealty and elected n man. She was foolish enough to outdreas them, and they couldn’t stand that. Altogether, womans rights is very serene. It shows the “human nature” of the dear petticoats conspicuously, and makes so clever a topsy turvy of social matters that we are “agin” it The Great Political Questions* The Washington Chronicle, the Grant or gan, and the bitterest Radical sheet in the land, thus unwittingly gives fits to Radical ism fa its statement of the issues before the country. It characterizes the sets and of the Radical party in a manner most un- exceptionably pointed and truthful, though U meant its language to apply to the Democ racy: “The great questions of the campaign wifi be whether the Government of the United States shall exist and prevail fa its integrity fa the Southern States as it exists and pre vails fa the other States; whether tbe fact that a man is an American citizen will pro tect him fa his life and property; whe'her there shall be a government by tbeKu-Klnx inside the lawfully established government, overriding and excluding tbe latter from its proper operations; whether color shall be a crime and toyalty a badge of disgrace; whether the State* referred to shall be Mexicanized by tbe machinations and the rule of violent men, or so influenced and controlled by the authority of the nation that peace and order shall be restored to them, life sad property be protected, the law made paramount fa all things, and those Sums pot fa a way to recover from their present depressed and impoverished condi tion. Throe are questions that affect the whole country. They cannot be evaded. They demand solution.'’ Neatly “done!” Whether the Southern States ore to be“Mex:canize<f by Grant and bis Radical compeers, under Radical mvchim ations and his violent rule, or law be made paramount, and these Suves be pot in away to recover from their present bed fix. caused by Radical govtmnnent, is a mighty moral, because to do so wonld be toacknowl- edge that the rebellion was not wrong—that it was merely a difference of opinion, and that the leaders of tbe rebellion have the. same right as loyal men to bold tbe highest offices of the government The question o' amnesty had generally beep argued jurcto- fore on grounds of expediency and expert ence, but he wished to consider it upon a higher plane He thought there was a great principle involved—a principle of consisten cy, of doty to the Government, and espe cially a principle of the greatest importance to posterity. It was argued that amnesty would conciliate the people of the South, but he believed that the leaden could no conciliated fa that way than rattlesnakes could lie conciliated by restoring their extracted fanga They would die ts they had lived, rebels. Vfbateyer dig nity history might give to their character must depend upon their consistency in main taining that altitude; therefore, they could not be conciliated by this measure, and if it would conciliate the masses of the Southern people it would be by their taking it os an admission U)tt they were always in the right and that tbe people of flip North were in the wrong. If universal amnesty were to he granted now K would be impossible to con- vinoe the negt generation that there was any thing wrong in the rebellion, apd the Repub lican party could not concede the guiltless ness of the rebellion without falsifying iis whole record and disgracing itself before the world. The consequences of the rebellion were for greater than the consequences of all other crimes committed fa the United States up to this time. Mr. Morton predicted that, if general am nesty were granted, the next step will (rs to pension rebel soldiers; next to pay the rebels for their property taken by the Union armies in the war, including their slaves, and next to pay the Confederate debt. In conclusion, Mr. Morton said ho,wonld vote for Mr. Sum ner’s amendment, the supplementary civil rights hill He agreed with Mr. Sumner in putting lustice before generosity or spurious magnanimity. What might be mercy to the individuals amnestied, would, in his opinion, be cruelly to fature generations, and while he was willing to vote for a general amnesty, he believed universal amnesty would be mbn- man and immoral, because it would be tin ad mission of the innocence of the rebellion, whose consequences will linger fa the coun try lor centuries. Mr. Thurman said he was at a loss to com prehend the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Mor ton). That Senator asserted (hat universal amnesty would be inhuman and immoral, and he was prepared to vole for this bill of uni versal amnesty, provided Mr. Sumner’s amendment should be adopted. Sir. Morton explained that what he had de nounced was nniveraal amnesty, lie would vote for this House bill because it made ex ceptious of persons who might lie regarded as among the authors of the rebellion. Mr. Thurman suid that if the House bill wassosatisfactoiy to the Senator, he was at a loss to account for his denunciation of uni versal amnesty on this occasion, as no one had proposed to amend tjiisliiil so as to make it apply universally. He thought there wns only one to account for it. The Senator from Indiana had seized ibis opportunity to make • speecti'which wonld strike the key- noteof tbe coming campaign. That func tion had so often devolved upon him, or been assumed by him, that it had passed into a common law of the Radical parly that be should do this at the beginning of every campaign, and the only regret he (Mr. Thur man) had on the subject was that in all the years during which the Senator had been studying that music he had not discovered n new tone, or even a single new nott. [Laughter.] It was the same old story about the wickedness of the rebellion and of the Democratic party, and the Kune old array of terrible results which would follow if the Democrats should get into power, and which were to be found no where else bat in that Senator’* jmaginatiop. Mr. Blair suggested that it yyas not the same note that Mr. Morton struck in 1865, when ho made a speech fa favor of President Johnson. Mr. Thurman—I leave that to be settled between the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blair) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Morton). The Senator from Indiana makes the same old charges against the Democratic party dangers, which he believes, of course, or he would not make them, bat which 1 venture to say that no human being fa his senses and intelligent enough to form an opinion docs believe or can believe fur one single inslant. The payment of the rebel debt 1 How is itto be sold, in the fape of the 14tb Amendment, which prohibits any State from making any payment of it f The payment of pensions to rebel soldiers is also positively prohibited bv the 14th Amendment. The paying of the na tional debt is guaranteed by the Constitution. The institution of slavery is prohibited by the Constitution of the United States, and yet a leading Senator, one who is looked upon, per* haps, as the leader of his parly, and as the particular mouth-piece of the Administration, has the boldness to hold up these preposter ous statements to frighten the American peo ple out of their propriety. Sir, it may do very well on the stamp in the swamps of Indiana [laughter], but it is not too much to say that to men who arc accustomed to re flect the apprehensions which the Senator ex presses are preposterous and ridiculous. Now I find great difficulty in understanding this administration. The President, fa his an nual message, recommends an amnesty, and here is tbe Senator from Indiana [Mr. Mor ton], one of his chief supporters, denouncing it The President recommends civil service reform, and the Senator from Wiscon sin [Mr. Carpenter] jpours out upon it the vials of his wrath and ridicule. lean hardly understand it; but if I were a suspicious man I wonld say that this old trick of throw ing a fab to a whale—I would suspect that when the President says, “Let us have civil service reform,” there is a mental reservation that it shall be killed fa Congress, and that when be says, “Let ns have amnesty,” there is a mental Reservation that the Radicals fa the Senate shall kill amnesty. I do not charge any such hypocrisy upon the Presi dent, but it does look wonderfully strange that every important recommendation by the President is ignored by his friends fa this chamber. Mr. Thurman, fa conclusion, argued the question of the rights of States tinder the Constitution. Mr. Morton, in reply, said that Mr. Thur man had just male an old speech about the danger* or centralization, which also had been often tie ml in the swamps of Indiana. It was the* nne old Democratic States rights speech. The Senator has just said he could not understand this Administration. That was truth. The Democratic party were un able to understand this Administration. S tar,] or the time in which they lived, vert'like a man riding fa a car back, who never sees anything until he is clear past it [Laughter.] As to the dangers that would result from their coming into power, he would ask whether the Democrats were not committed to pay for the rebels’ slaves? To show that they were, he sent Blair’s Broadhead letter to the desk to be read, and said it was because of the senti ments expressed fa that letter that Mr. Blair was given a second place on the Democratic Presidential ticket. Mr. Blair—If yon had not backed out of J our speech fa 1805, fa favor of Frssident ohnson, yon might have got my place. Nonnr husband in Lawrence to his wife a few months ago, when she, tired of staying alone, took her three little children to the billiard- room and took a seat by his side. “It’s dis graceful,” said he, looking daggers at her. “I know it,” continued the injured wife, “and yon have borne the disgrace so long, my deaf, that I am determined henceforth to share it with you,” and she took ont her knit ting work and settled down for the evening. Her husband persisted fa urging her to go home. “I will go,” said she,'when you go, and not before.” He was evidently a little disconcerted fa his plaving, and went home a little earlier than usual. The next evening tne pro gramme was ail acted over again. This time the your Letter true Boa. 3. It. PeoXittJfi at Vlicmila—Tk< Batr *r Ore Hour with Democrats and Liberal He- pabUcane. “A The following idler from Hon. J. R. Doo little, is in response to one addressed to him by M. C. Galloway, of the Memphis Appeal: Deae Sir—Yob*.note of 'the 18th ultimo, asking my views upon the political situation, the prospects of a Democratic nomination, and of “ passivism,” was duly received, and ought, in courtesy, to have been answered some time ago. In my opininodha present party hold pow er simply beesqs^hose who are opposed to it do not act togSRer. Three million Demo cratic voters are opposed to it, rnd, as I be lieve, nearly one million Republicans are also opposed to it. Cur the four million unite and vote together? If they can, they will have a majority dr five hundred thousand. If they cannot,'thtjfcmnst fail. How can this onion in political action be effected ? It cannot by a coalition of leaders to obtain office and power. There must be n union of thema'sSuponcommon principles, and to effect a common and great patriotic purpose. The whole country wails now to see what shall be the action of the Liberal Republican Convention to beheld in Missouri on the 24th instant. If that convention shall plant itself square ly upon ideas, affwpledge itself to principles which all true Republicans, and all true Democrats of Jefferson’s and Jackson’s school cherish as vital to the maintenance of republican government, and to constitution al civil liberty, thty may command the con fidence not only of the 1,600.00) liberal Republicans, hnt of the 3,000,000 Demo cratic voters. But in order to do so, they must declare agriffU centralization; against keeping military'power above civil authori ty ; against using the Federal army to con trol conventions and destroy the freedom of elections; against the stupendous frauds, peculations and robberies of the carpet-bag governments of the Souih, as well as of Tam many, tbo eustoquhoose, and else who re; and fa favor of universal enfranchisement; of giving to all th estates their just and equal rights undor tho Constitution; in favor of the principle of one term for the Dissident These questions'do. Indeed,’ demand solu tion. And the solution is simple, namely, the overthrow at the ballot box of the revo lutionary faction of Imperialists that have overthrown constitutional law, blotted ont despotically the rights of States, unconstitu tionally usnrped the control of domestic mat ten belonging to the States for the General Government, nullified the sacred privileges oljljyna Charta, and subverted the Constitu tion and kept np intestine war fa time of peace, to perpetuate the reign of the Radical dynasty. fSr.r Mr. Morton explained his speech in 1865, and said the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blair) had once been a member of the Re publican party, and had left it* Mr. Blair—X left it because of its usurpa tions. I joined it when the whole party could have sat sown at a dinner table, and I left it w hen it was fa power all over this country to join the pxrty that was out of power. As to the Senator's speech, I remember that when _ ‘ Ithewa i thought tc l’s Cabinet, rere misled to be a veiy ‘ and if the he delivered it fit person for Johnson’s people of the Sooth were misled by any per son, it was by the Senator himself fa that speech. Re-Elected.—Tbe numerous friends of Hon. E G. Cabaniss will be pleased to learn that he has been re-elected to the responsible potitionaf Audiiorof the State Road. Judge C. is the right man fa the right place.—Mim- yonng husband went home a tittle earlier than before, and carried the baby himself. This was the last time he was ever seen in the billiard room. A similar ocpnrrenfe was ■Med a few montus since not a hundred miles from the connty seat, but this time it only lasted one evening. Ladies, try it; it works like a charm. General Nerve Items.. [coxnxxsxn roa tux coxsrmiriox] Baltimore received 11,051} emigrants last year. Kansas City, Mo., is growing faster than any other in the UnitedlStatcs. Two thousand and twenty-six buildings were erected In Boston last year. The amount refunded to 8tatcs for ex penses in raising volunteers from 1861 to 1872 is $13,000,000. The wife of an Blinois octogenarian re cently presented her spouse with the 34th pledge of love. There are 173,173 adnlts in Ohio who can neither read nor write. \ye presume some of onr Georgia Radical papers think “slavery did it.” Before tbe war, one army headquarters on the Pacific coast, at a cost of $20,000 was sufficient; we now have four,at a cost of $100,000. It took eighty clerks to engross 133 bills that passed tbe last session of the Louisiana Legislature. The expenses of the session were only $767,000. Foath Carolina Itwr Items, [COSDSStZD TOR TBR CONSTITUTION ] Some one has stolen the records of the Town Council of Aiksn. Mr. Martin Ponder was seriously, if not fatally stabbed, a few days ago, by [Iel]am Hunt, at Pickeus. Gadsden had a $7,000 fire last week. Four boys were drowned in New Bedford, a few days ago, while attempting to cross the ice over the Aeushuet river. At a meeting of the Directors of the Bine Ridge Railroad Company, held in Edgefield on the 24th, Colonel j. J. Patterson was elected President of the company. Petitions have been presented in the Sontli Carolina Legislature for charters for a Rail road from Spartanburg via Laurenn, Ninety- Six and Edgefield, C. H. to Aiken, or Au gusta, and for a railroad from Greenwood via I)6rn’s Mines to Augusta. Columbia had another cow hiding affair on ■Means** DTiMit Politics. the 24th. Mr. Pocher, of-the ijnn qfdijack, dml of applying thrfRkinciple to the present Ex ecutive, and of a practical civil service re form by placing a Statesman of capacity and integrity at the head of affairs. Should that convention take some such course and the liberal Republicans of other States follow tfielr example, and show that the liberal Republicans of the whole country hare the courage to work, and, if necessary, make sacrifices to sustain true Republican liberty, tbe great mass of Democrauc voteis would not only sympathize with them, hut in some proper and efficient mode fraternize with them fa political action fa order to save our republican system of government. If they seek to lead, however, they must show themselves worthy of leadership. They must ap ak to the peop’e in no uncertain lonta, and match before them with no falter ing tread. Respectfully yours, J. R. Doolittle. The Origin ol an Otil Proverb. About the year 1(100 B. C., there lived in tho countiy of Phrygia, in Asia Minor, peasant by the name of Gordius, who, while plowing in bis field r ne day, noticed an eagle alight upon his yoke of oxen, where it re mained alj the day. Gordius became very much alarmed at this. Olliers believed it to be a prexjigy ngd prevailed upon Gordius to consult the soothsayers of Tclmessus, a city fa Lydia, which country in those davs was f.mous for Ihqjhicncc 0 f augury. As he canto into tho city he was met by very beautiful young woman. He related to her tho cause «&his coming to Lydia, upon which she assured him that the prodigy indi catcd his elevation to a throne. As an evi dcncc of her faith fa her interpretation of -this extraordinary omen, she offered to be come bii wife. AJthongh Gordius had doubts as to the verification of the prediction, lie veiy willingly embraced this opportunity’, and they became man and wife. . Not long aftis this occurrence a sedition broke ont among the couqtiymen, who were at the time without a rqlcr. They finally appealed to the oraolea for menus to stop this anarchy. Tho oracles advised them to choo e a King. - They were to note tho first man who passed the temple of Jupiter driving an ox-cart. This person, the oracles assured them, was destined to become their ruler. According all rushed to the temple. Gordius shortly.passed, driving his ox-cart T!>» **«“!idfegqi bailed himastheirsoveroign, and he thus became King of Pbtygia. As absurd as this may appear at a glance it has many parallels in history. The popu lar caprice lias frequently conferred honor and power upon person * of obscure birth, from a motirejp more rational than the one ire Arlington K»tatC*-Mrti t ee Pe* tltlons fioaiKti tof it* Purchase. Sirs. General Robert E. Lee has petitioned Congress, through Senator Lewis, of Virginia, appropriate $800,000 to pay her for the Arlington estate. She inherited the property from her father, G. TV. P. Custis, fa 1857. It sold at the beginning of the war for $90 tax, and bid fa by President Lincoln for tho United States for $20,800, of which sum sho has received nothing. She argues tbe sale to be invalid because the tax wns ten dered before sale; because tho act of Con- authorizing the sale was unconstitn- tionai, as Congress had no jurisdiction over the place, it not being purchased by the con sent of the State for erecting forts and other needful buildings; because the sale was un constitutional of the whole to pay so small a sum when the land was divisible, and the sale of a part was sufficient The facts of the case certainly make out an unanswerable case. The act was one of spoliation without lawful warrant. The es tate was not General Leo’s. Mrs. Leo is un doubtedly due a restoration of the [property or compensation therefor. tSTWc learn that Governor Smith, of this State, ha3 signalized his advent into the Ex ecutive chair by a system of the most rigid economy. His clerical force is only nine in number—only one in excess of that em ployed by Bollock—and the total monthly cost to tho Slate, lor these employees, isonly $1,130. We presume the tax-payers will be gin to breathe easier. Wecongratulatethem u\>oti this precursor of a general reform! The above is a specimen of the statements of the Radical organ. Governor Smith has only-five secretaries and clerks. They are Colonel P. W. Alexan der and J. W. Warren, Secretaries of the Ex- ecotive Department; Colonel J. B. Camp bell, Warrant Clerk; Colonel T. 0. Howard and D. J. Meade, Clerks. Mr. Fleisch.oneof Bullock’s clerks, is temporarily engaged fa the office in arranging papers and documents, and IL J. G. Williams, another one of Bul lock's clerks, is engaged fa bringing up his books preliminary to retiring. The salaries of the secretaries of the Ex ecutive Department and Warrant Clerk is $150 per month each; that of the two clerks $100, inch, per month, or $650 per month, or $480 per month leas than stated by the Radical organ. Pochcr & Co., met Mr. J2. W. Scivcs on the Street in front of the Columbia Hotel and ac cused the latter of misrepresenting him, (Pochcr.) finally drawing a cowhide, which he applied vigorously until the parties were seoarated by Captain George T upper.—Daily Union. Tcuncsxcc News Items. [CORDXXSKD VOR TBR CONSTITUTION.] Knoxville is excited about the cave which has been found beneath the city. A new German Lutheran Church has just been completed in Memphis. Knoxville has an old lady 70 years of age who is cutting a third set of teeth. Hundreds of Memphians will attend the Mardi Gras festivities fa Netv Orleans next month. Tho fashionsble drink of Memphis is “Wine Negus ” It is composed of sherry, sugar, hot water and lemon. The Memphis Appeal says; “It is rumored that a majority of tbe Methodist clergymen who will meet here during the week arc for locating the great university which is pro posed to he creeled in our beautiful suburb of Raleigh. The institution is to be started on a basis of half a million.” Sartug a sedition In Flor- Versonal, [coxdxxseo roa Tin cuvrriTuriox ] A daughter of General Banks is the belle of Washington this season. Radical Governor Davis of Texas, recent ly acted os umpire fa a knock-down between two Radical editors. Pinchback decided the legality of his own election, in the Louisiana Senate, by giving the casting vote on a tie. Robert Cnykr has refused a $10,000 salary and the pastorate of the church of the Mes siah fa New York city. Governor Joel Parker is the first man who has held the office of Governor fa New Jer sey for two terms under tho present constitu tion. * ^ Can yon Ago. J it | Can you afford to smoke am) chew tobac co, thus spending from three to thirty dollars a.month, and injuring your nervous system, and perverting your whole constitution, and thereby transmitting to children a weakened constitution, thus makingtbom puny invalids Can you afford to burn ont your nervous system and demoralize yonr whole character by the use of alcoholic liquors? Can you afford to indulge in habits of spec ulation, gambling, and other tricky and mean modes of making money ? Canyon afford to make money at the ex- Dense of yonr manhood, your morals, your health, your just respectability and yonr in tegrity? Can yen afford to gain even the whole warid and thereby make of yourself a moral wreck? Con you afford, for the sake of momentary amusement, to waste your youthful prepara tory years, when by study yon should be come a scholar, or by industry either a tradi man or a useful artisan ? Can you afford to rob yonr mind to clothe yonr back with silks and satins, and gratify a mere love for display ? Can yon afford to be tricky, and thereby defraud your employer of the just services yonowe him, even though you do get your pay, thus making yourself a moral bank rupt? Con yon afford to be otherwise than up right, truthful, faithful, temperate, courteous, and in oil respects correct? Terrible Fate era Lien Tamer* on correspondent > telegraphs, undei of the London under date of Jann- The Bolton Daily Echo ary 3d: “Lost night Maisarti, the lion tamer at Handers’ Menagerie, now exhibiting in this town, was torn to pieces by the lions with whom be was performing. He struck one of the lions on the nose, slipped on his feet and armless side, and one of the lions immediately seized h<m by the scalp and tore it almost oil The other lions then sprang up on him and tore off the flesh completely from the lower pert of his bock and thiehes.and inflicted serious injuries upon his chest, breaking only his right and only arm. The excitement in the show was so intense that the slide dividing the cage coaid not be got in. One of the lions then draggpd the jr vic tim from the separate compartment back to the infuriated group, who again set upon him. The partitions were at last got np The mangled body of the lion tamer was then recovered and taken to the infirmary, where he died fa ten minutes.” Writing about the expensive toyi now made for chOdren, Finny Fern says: “ The doll of my bibdsys wss' a crooked-necked squash, with a towel for a dress, and a nu merous progeny of little encumbers for babies; and I was just os happy and a great deal bet ter contented than the little girl of to-day with a $100 Paris doll.” A FltltiHfPt :. DkaTU. IAon-Tamer Torn to Pieces by Five Ltone—Borrtble and Sickening J3c- tnll*—Panlc-Strltltcn Crowd Look* log On* From the Bolton (England) Ert ning N*ws.l A series of farewell performances were be ing given prior to the menagerie proceeding to Bury, and on extra performance was an nounced, and look place at 10:30 o’clock. Attached to the show wss a man ence, in tl;e middle ages,'a wool-comber was made chief magistrate o( the republic, simply because ho picked up a national Sag and waved it over the bends of the multitude. To commemorate this remarkable elevation to a throno, Gordius dedicated hia ox cart the temple of Junitcr to regal majestj’. He fastened a knot to the beam of the cart, so dexterously involved and perplexed, that the oracles promised the dominion of tbo world to the man who could untie it. The untying of it probably was ’impossible, as both ends were woven together. Great numbers tried to untie it and failed. At length Alexander the Great came, and after repeated and fruit less efforts, he drew his sword and cut it. Thus resulted the saying, “ cutting the Gor dian knot.” Alabama News Items* [dosmsscn van th* constitution.] Tuskaloosa u about to have b new hotel. The wheat'prospect fa Cherokee county is very good. Calhonn College has opened in Jackson ville, under most favorable circumstances. A paper to he called the Wide Awake, is to be publishcdJat Seal Station, Russell county. Mr. Williams McGchcc is compressing bay in Cherokee com tv, and baling it for market.' •The Masons of Wctampkn propose to have a fine concert early in February to raise funds to enlarge their hall. Messrs. Sprague, of Weaver’s Station, havo skipped a large supply of broom corn to Atlanta, Hontgomeiy wants city water works, a convenient railroad depot, a cotton factory, and an iron foundry or two, For the first time In many years, Mont gomery was visited by. a first-class snow storm on the 25th instant, A well known citizen of Mobile, who has been tho happy possessor of eight wives, was arrested and bound over in the sum of $3j000 for bigamy. The Savannah and Memphis Railroad made $500 net profit last month, which the Locomotive thinks “pretty good for a road running only twenty-five miles.” *“ [!•■■ w.. Fa*filmi Foibles. (CQXPRRIRQ FOR TBR CONSTITUTION.] As men part their hair in the middle, ladies have taken to wearing theirs parted on the No bonnets ore worn this season at the opera, the hair bcinffTery fancifully dressed instead, and loaded down with feathers and flowers. A lady fa New York city, paid the enor mous sum of $17,00(7 for one of the smallest proscenium bores at the Academy of Music during Nilsson’s performance there: The wife of President Theirs attempts to perform tbs fashion setting functions re luctantly relinquhhcd by Eugenie. Among lime. Thiers’ edicts is one against false hair. Small lace or tarleton caps are very much worn by New york young ladies in full morning toilet, fa some cases a bandeau of carls being fastened in front, so that the nat ural hair can still remain in crimps. A new style of trimming tarleton and tulle dresses is with fionnees headed by large bunches of rosebuds, lilies or Parmese violets, large bnnehes of the same being also used to loop np the skirt and ornament the corsage, fa the shape of a bertlre or bretelles. Lace collars are of every conceivable style and shape. They may be deep and pointed, or long and narrow; they maybe large and square cornered, or they may be ’; hut with all of them, the large end round; nndersieeves I are made with the lace arranged to fall over the hand. Heligieus News. A Methodist minister fa Minnesota having obtained contributions in lumber, is erecting a commodious parsonage with his own hands. The First Presbyterian Church of Eliza beth, New Jersey, was organized fa 1661, and has not intermitted service for two hundred and seven years. The first Seventh-day Baptist Church fa America, at Newport, Rhode Island, cele brated its two hundredth anniversary on the 22d of December. Bishop Beckwith preached fa the Presby terian church fa this citv, on Wednesday evening last, to a very large and appreciative The American Missionary Society has re ceived offers of the services of two hnndred colored mpn for missionary wrok among their kindred in Africa. A SocTHZRir Methodist Usitersitt. The delegates from the various Methodist Conferences met fa Memphis, January 25, and organized with the otriect of establish ing a Southern Methodist University. r»T A petition, signed by fifteen hnndred mechanics of Richmond, was presented to the Legislature, on Saturday, asking for tbe removal of the penitentiary from Richmond, and that convict labor shall not be brongbt into competition with the skilled and honest mechanic* of that eity. 1 Shows That Endanger Human Lite. We give fa another column a graphic ac count of the tragic death of a lion tamer in a circus show in England. We re-produce the terrible thing to enter a protest against public shows that emperil human life. We are for public amusements of the right sort They arc alike a necessity and a bene fit properly conducted. They afford amuse ment and instruction. They furnish needed recreation. They fill tho gaps betwoon toil and lighten labor. Bat when they pass the boundary of inno cence and safety, and endanger human life, the law should step in and slop them. They then pander to bad passions and injure so ciety. They cease to be amusing and become vicious and detrimental. In the competition of the show business every device of novelty is used to draw patronage. In this rivalry enterprising showmen have introduced these hazardous performances that so frequently result in lass of human life or ejse |q horrible accidents. Humanity is against this. Law should assist humanity. Let us have no more bolo- casts of show victims, no more mangled subjects of wild beast fury, no more people murdered in trapeze achievements where the chances between life and death arc so equally divided. Let it be a penal offenso to make an exhi- tion where precious b^gg life is in danger* Tire Georgia Western Cansl, We are very glad to see that our City Council, Friday evening, passed a resolution inviting Cojonei probe) to address the Coun cil and citizens of Atlanta at) pegt Monday evening at the'City Hall, upon the subject of the great canal. We have often urged the vast importance of this enterprise to Atlanta, and we hope that Colonel Frobel will have a full Let every man attend who has the good of the city at heart, and give at least the en couragement of a hearing to tho friends of the scheme. Othercitics of Georgia are lending active aid to the project, and Atlanta should not be behind. Besides Colonel Frobel, other gentlemen are expected to address the meeting. Let have a full house. Democratic r.xcculjre Cqmp;tttca Jt is learned that tbo National Democratic Executive Committee will not meet till after the Philadelphia Convention, to decide when and where the National Democratic Conven tion shall be held. It is thus proposed to ad here to the passive policy until ail the plans and purposes of the Republican party on the Presidential issue are fully developed, and therefore maintained that there is ample time for the Committee to call the Democratic Convention as late as August, and thus give full opportunity for all elements opposed to the continuance of the present administra- tiou to unite in an opposition Presidential ticket. This view of tbucourse to. he pursued meets with the approval, it is understood, of many of the Democrats in Congress. * The Atlanta Confutation. We are promt to see this noble paper bound ing forward with all the vim of self-snstain- ing manhood, and unmistakable evidences of permanent prosperity. It is now conducted with marked business energy, and on a high standard of editorial ability. At no time, since it was aglow with youth ful vigor in tbe early months of its bright career, under our own editorial management and as the offspring of onr own energy and sleepless industry, hasjlt exhibited so much life and activity as at present Messrs. Hemphill & Clark, the clever proprietors and business managers, seem to be newly inspired with laudable enterprise, and are making good time in the race of competition; while the gallant and gifted Avery seconds their ef forts with nobler and higher aims fa the sanctum. The Constitution is now the State's or gan, and as such is and will be one of the most interesting and most important papers published fa the State. We commend it to onr triends in Southwestern Georgia.—ABany .ffrio*. Dower tn the Heart* The zeal that God excites within us is often the means of effecting the purpose which we desire. After all, God does not give conversions to eloquence, but to heart. The power fa the hand of God’s Spirit for conversions is heart coming into contact with heart. Truth from tbe heart goes to theheart. This is God’shattle-axeana weap on of war fa his crusade. He is pleased to nse the yearnings, longings and sympathies of Christian men as the means of compelling the careless to think, constraining the hard ened to feel, and driving the unbelieving to consider. I have little confidence fa elabo rate speech and polished sentences as tbe means of reaching men’s hearts, but I have great faith in that simple-minded, Christian woman who most have souls converted, or she will weep her eyes ont over them, and in that humble Christian who prays day and night fa secret, and then avails himself of every opportunity to address a loving word to skinners. The emotion we feel and the affection we bear are the most powerful im plements of soul-winning. God the Holy Ghost usually breaks hard hearts by tender sympathy.—Spurgeon. South Carolina News Items* [COXSKSSCD FOR THE CONSTITUTION*! John Templeton plays fa Charleston next Monday night Blind Tom will visit Charles ton soon. Snow in Charleston on the 25th instant The grand jury of York county is com posed of nine whites and nine negroes, and the petit Jnry of twenty-one whites and fif teen negroes, The prisoners, from York county, who were sentenced at the recent term of the United States Court fox violating the “en forcement act”’have been sent to Albany, New York, for imprisonment The contract for mounting heavy guns fa the forts fa Charleston harbor has been given ont and the work commenced. Two ten-inch Rmtm*n guns and three thirteen-inch mor tars are to be placed fa Moultrie, and two hundred pound Parrots fa Sumter. Tho*. Maccarte, whose professional appella tion was “ Massarti, the Lion-tamer,” and he at this extra performance entered the lion’s den for the last time. Maccarte wss a young 14 years old, but he had traveling exhibitions of this kind from avery early period, lie hail pre viously lost an arm when performing with Messrs. Bell & Myers’ circus at Liverpool. Ho had previously been trained by Messrs. Batty as a lion tamer, and having joined them for a short time, ho was ergaged l-y the late Mr. Handera to succeed Mocorno. He was a very bold and adventnruus man. and had been frequently cautioned respecting his rashness. The unfortunate tuan commenced his performances on Wednesday evening, when he was hardly fa a proper condition to do so; and having exhibited the gorrilla and the serpents be entered the lion's den. At this time it is calculated five or six hundred persons were present, and the five lions in the den were put through their p rformances with the usual success and applause. On all general occasions heated bars of iron and iron scrapers sre fa readiness, but on this fa tal evening tho matter had been n- glccted, THE FIVE LIONS were ail powerful animals, and tbe unfortu nate man on entering the cage noticed that a blacked-maned African lion, which had only ao recently as Monday last bitten his hand, appeared veiy restive. He consequently fixed his eyes on it, and this in some decree diverted his attention from an Asiatic lion known by the namcof Tyrant,against whom he had Ireeu cautioned only that morning to keep carefully to his instructions. It is ne- C'.ssary here to note that when performing lions are tamed there is a line drawn, or what is known as -‘the office,” in technical phraseology, by which the beasts arc taught to regard ihat linc os a limit beyond which the performer must not pass, knowing, if he docs so. the consequences to be expected are most dangerous. Tbe presumption is that this line was overstepped, and Maccarte, who was attired as a Roman gladiator, was return ing his falchion to its sheath, slipping, he fell on tlie floor of the den. Tyrant fastened on him, seizing him by the haunches, and then tlie African lion fastened on to his armless shoulder. Maccarte immediately called upon the keepers for help, and meanwhile to tire. He then drew the short Roman blade which formed a part of his costume and commenced fighting desperately with the lion Tyrant, thrusting the sword into its face, mouth and eyes. The crowd, PANIC-8TRICKEN, crowded around and effectually prevented the approach of the men who were used to the habits of tbe animals. The shouts of tho audience, the desperate and manful slrug- wATEttiWOnKSCRLEBIlATION. Immense Crowd-Itrllllnnt success— Parade ot Fire Departmcnt-Tbe Fire Worke-Supper—Toasts-Batl. Thursday morning opened auspiciously on the beautiful many-hilled city of Romo with _ bright sun and afaar sky, for the celebra tion of the inauguration of the water works The city was thronged with people from all sections. Selma, Talladega, and Jackson ville, Ala.; Bowling Green and Louisville, Ky.; Dalton, Cartereville, Augusta, Macon, and other places were represented by delega- gle of the fated man, and the smell of tlie blood which was streaming from Microrte incited tne other animals, and their savage instinct was awakened. A third lion—an Abyssinian one—seized him by the ribs, and then a five yea* old lion, and an especial favorite of the lion tamer, caught him by tbe head, literally scalping him, the flesh hanging down his neck. The treacherous favorite bad no sooner accomplished this work than be returned to his corner. THE DEADLY STBUOOLE progressed, and Mr. Birchall, who had from the first been most active, placed iron scra pers in the fire to beat them. Pistols and gun9 were discharged, but they, unfortu nately, were only loaded with blank cart ridges. and the blazing of gunpowder failed to drive t) c animals from their quarry. Meanwhile the irons were heated, an iron shutter to separate the animals in the cage when an opportunity offered, was in readi ness, and Mr. BirchaU and an assistant suc ceeded in heating off the animals, the fifth hav ing in the time scented and tested the blood which streamed out of the carriage, added hia fan is to those which had already played such havoc with tho human form prostrate before them. The sliding door was pushed in; three of the animals, being driven away with hot irons, were separated, and then tbe lion that had seized Maccarte by the shoul der was driven in a corner. The shutter was partially opened to drive him among the others, when a fourth infuriated beast seized him just above the boot and dragged him in again among them. Then THE FRIGHTFUL WORE went on again for a few sickening and horri fying moments. Ilot irons were now avail- able, and the brutes being driven off, the poor and almost pulseless piece of humanity 'was drawn out from the place it wns fated lie novor more should enter. He sustained suf ficient sensibility to speak to his warm hearted colleagues a few faint words, praying them not to take him away to receive inedica aid, as he knew that he was a dead man. llis anxious friends carried him tenderly to the infirmary, where after a few moments he breathed his last, after muttering a few inco herent sentences. As tlie shattered frame was borne past Mra. Manders, he faintly waved his band and gave her an expressive look, which conveyed tho words that he was past all hope of aid. Many of the shots fired entered the bodies of the animals, and they received great injuries before they were driven off their prey. The lion Tyrant is three and a half years old. and Imd been brought up [roip a whelp by Mrs Manders. Tlie animal having been a favorite, it was during the early part of its training allowed to run about that portion of the caravan used as a habitation, and it freely gambolled with its mistress. The sire of lira animal was the ono that nearly worried Maccomo some time ago. The only arm the deceased had was streaked with deep gashes from the shoulder to the hand; the scalp was torn right back, and from tho hips to the knees, where he was seized from behind, the mus cles are completely tom out. There are pieces of tiesh gone from the ribs, and the bones of the pelvis, which are the strongest in the human frame, have had pieces bitten clean ont At the inquest oq Thursday Mrs. Maccarte said sho had not seen her husband since 2 O’clock on Wednesday. He was not under the influence of liquor when he left her. He was always afraid of tlie lion which first at tacked him, and he expressed a fear of it on Monday. Hia salary, with perquisites, was about £4 per week The llev. Enoch Franks said he saw tho deceased go into the den. His opinion was that the deceased had taken sufficient drink to made him fool-hardv, but he did not think any one could call him drunk. The Coroner said there wss not in his opinion anything fa the evidence respect ing the drunkenness of the man that affected the case. It appeared that when ho was down he defended himself in a manner that showed he realized his position. The per formance being an extra one, the heated irons were not ready, and here he did not think there was any blame to be attached to anybody. In the course of his employment Maccarte met his death, and, however they might reprobate his calliag, they must think also that it Is an institution of the town, and which, as the law stood, conld not bo stop ped. Until the people of Bolton became more civilized and discountenanced these sights, so long wonld managers fill their places of amusement by such spectacles. Tho Jury returned a verdict of death by mis adventure, and added: “Thff^ury feel it to be their bourn; en doty to ex Dress their en tire disapprobation of the reckless custom of so called lion tamers performing in dens where ferocious animals are caged)” TnE Bible Grows With One.—If yon come to Holy Scripture with growth in grace, and with aspirations for yet higher attain ments. the book grows with you. It is ever beyond you, and cheeri’y cries—“Higher yet. Excelsior P Many books in mv library are now behind and beneath me: I read them years ago, and with considerable pleasure; I have read them since with disappointment; I shall never read them again, for they are of no service to me. They were good in their way once, and so were the clothes I wore when I was ten years old; but I have out grown them—I know more than these books know, and ' know wherein they are fanlty. Nobody ever outgrows Scripture: the book widens and deepens with onr years. It Isjlrne, it cannot really grow, for it is perfect; but it does so to our apprehension. The deeper yon dig into the 8cripture, the more yon find that it is a great abyss of truth. Tbe beginner learns four or five points of orthodoxy, and says; “I understand the gospel, I have grasped all the Bible.” Wait a bit, and when his soul grows and knows more of Christ, he will “Thy commandment is exceeding have only begun to understand it.” cniusTVAs cmsfE. ■T CRARLXN w. UCSNZR. Doje not hear thehenrolranthtm. mUtac From rac.elwea blit and masic-mencartog glen • blytheecm*IteU. “gt«dOdta p . S 75un t : “ Peace be o« e*rtb, and good will tow*rff«M*“ 7 The Star of BethJrbem, In ToFaitb’epiophetle It. b djr light grown In tbe dim tepee of elgblea Atlanta was represented by Hon. John n James, Mayor, and Aldermen Wells, Castle- btffry, Fowler, Leyden, Farrar, Grant, Mitchell, and Mayes; W. Rush ion; W. B. Biggers, Chief of tho Atlanta Fire Depart ment, and Messrs. John Collier, Jr., Thomas Gordon, Dr. W. Coe, J. Raddcn, A. Boss, D. N. Judson, L. B. Langford, and C. Shearer. Tho press were represented by Captain C. W. Howard, of the Plantation; Wallace P. Roed, of the Era; and C. W. Wells, of Tiie Con stitution. (Much to the regret of the Ro- manites, all of the press of Atlanta were not represented on this occasion). Tho train bearing the Atlanta delegation did not reach Rome until half past 11 o’clock- being an hour and a half behind lime. They were met at the depot by the Mayor and Council of Rome, Fire Department, etc., with carriages, and received as welcome guests. The parade of the fire department was postponed until the arrival of the Atlanta delegation. The parade was magnificent. At its conclusion tho power and utility of the water works was demonstrated liy tho en gines throwing one stream, two streams and four streams. Tho visitors were loud in their praises of the operations ”f the Rome Water Works. It is said that these works only cost the city of Rome $73,000. The streets were crowded with a vast throng of people. Many of Rome’s choicest at:d fairest daughters graced tho scene with their presence and smiles. The firemen took charge of their guests and gave them tlie full benefit of the solid and fluid luxuries of the city. The Hook and Ladder made a handsome show with their fine uniforms and active work. BL-twecn eleven and twelve o’clock snow commenced falling, but it did not dampen the ardor or weaken tho lavish hospitality ol the people of Rome to her guests. Thcy scemcd to look upon the snow as the result of the high playing of the engines—as spray congealing in the clouds. The guests were escorted about the city during the afternoon, every guest having an escort. The Pyrotechnic display was a brilliant af fair. The arrangements were admirable and the fire works gorgeous—the light illumina ting hill top and dale in regal magnificence. The “Water Fall’’ figure was exceedingly beautiful and interesting. The snppcr came off at night, from 8 to 10 o’clock. There was an immense crowd out to enjoy the festivities of the evening. The supper was too sumptuous and magnificent fa all its appointments to do full justice to in a newspaper paragraph. The ladies of Rome certainly bear off the palm in beauty and in Betting up entertainments of this kind. Every one responded to the kindly feelings of the hour, nnd the cillz-’ns of Rome vied with each other in making their guests thoroughly at home. The following toasts were offered: Onr Invited Guests—Offered byJ. W. 11 Underwood; responded to by C. W. Howard. Our Visiting Firemen—Offered by James Noble, Jr.; responded to by W. R. Biggers, of Atlanta. The Gate City—Offered by Hon. H. D. Cothran; responded to by Hon. John II. James. The State c| Alabama.—Offered by Henry W. Grady; responded to by M. J. Williams of Alabama. The Press—vindicating the rights of the country at 20 cents a line.—Offered by Col. T. W. Alexander; responded to by Wallace P. Reed, of Atlanta Era. Bowling Green Kentucky, the Pioneer of Water Works.—Offered by* J. F. Shankliu responded to by Capt. Tuttle Our Neighbors—Offered by Dr. E. Hiilycr responded to by Judge ParroL Our Railroad System—Broad gauges when wo can; narrow gauges when we oan't—of fered by Colonel W. 8. Cothran, responded to by E. Hulbert, of Atlanta. Our Manufacturing Interests—Offered by Dunlap Scott; responded to by Sanr Noble. ThcCity of Rome—Offered by Mr. Mallo ry, of Kentucky; responded to by Colonel C. G. Samuels. The Ladies of Rome—Offered by Mr. nines, of Kentucky; responded to by A. V. Wright. The Rome Water Works—Offered by M. J. Williams; responded to by Major C. n. Smith. Pure Water—the occasion of onr assem bling and of onrfntnrc security. Offered by J. Branham; responded to by L. R. Gwalt- ney. Our Agricultural Interests—ns developed by our Fair Association, and illustrated by oar Farmers. Offered by Judge llarvev responded to by General Black. The speeches of Mayor James, Chief Big ger* and Wallace P. Reid, were handsome efforts and well received. Mayor James was the most popular man in Rome and received marked attention. Our young friend Reed, of the Era, was taken charge of by the ladies, nnd we surmise surrendered before he left the eity. The entertainment concluded with a hop at life Choice Hovse. This came off with eclat, and was a recherche affair. The Atlanta delegation reached home Friday afternoon perfectly delighted with their visit to Rome. So shlncth still thellcSt ot Leva annSIng, Proclaim thcLorJ, as on the n*t*I <Uj. Oh. holy light of Ctrrlrt 1 Diviner *rt.v.dnr Than folborbcl ehccn ot *U the staclng >wham t Accent the tentage that car heart* won d trail*. And ood-waritgaide ca through onr aortal ymre. Atlanta, 187L “SOT KXOWIXOr I know not what will U. fall me, God hanga a mlat o’er my eyra. And oYr roch atep of my entrant path llcmakelh new rente* to ilae. And every i«t He vend me, romca A* a aweet aad glad aarprlar. I SCO not a atep b. for: me, Aa 1 tread the uajaof th* roar: Bat tbe pa-4 la Mill la God** heaping, 500 Avoirdupois. The above amount of material was received here on Thursday last, in the shape of tbe in fant of The Atlanta Constitution, Col. Acton represents of the best dailies in Geor gia, and wc would recommend any one wish ing a first-class paper from Atlanta, to sab- scribe to The CoxsTmrnofC. Whilst here, the Colonel tried his weight cm the post-office steps, bqt would not venture—“pleast hand out my paper.”—.” ” ‘ Renewing Pajkt.—When paint ha* an old, dingy look, take z flznei doth, dampen it and apply as much first quality Spanish whiting as will adhere to it, and rob the paint Bat little robing will be required to remove all dirt and grease. Rinse thoroughly with pure water, and then rob dry with a soft doth. Paint thus cleaned looks like new, and does not receive such injury as from soap suds. This process of cleaning is a good one to perform before laying varnish over old paint. Commerce of tbe World. (oovnxxixp roe tiie constitution.] Italy exports c >rn,oil, flax, wines, essences, aye stuffis, drags, fine marble, soaps, paint ings, engravings, mosaics and salt Switzerland exports cattle, cheese, butter, tallow, dried fruits, linen, velvets, lacts, jew elry, paper and gunpowder. Germany exports wool, woolen goods, linens, rags, corn, Umber, iron, lead, tin, flax, hemp, wine, wax, tallow and cattle. Russia exports tallow, flax, bemp, flour, iron, copper, linseed, lard, hides, wax, ducks, cordage, bristle, furs, potash and tar. Spain exports wine, brandy, oil, fresh and dried fruit*, quicksilver, sulphur, cork, fron, anchovies, silks and woolens. * China exports tea, rhubarb, musk, ginger borax, zinc, silks, cassia, filagree works, ivo-’ ty-ware, lacquered-ware and morocco. Hiudoaian exports gold and silver, cochi neal, indigo, sarsaparilla, vanilla, jalap, pi- mento, drugs and dvestnfiL Austria exports minerals, raw and manufac tured silks, thread, glass, wax, tar, r utgall, wine, honey, and mathematical instruments. France exports wines, brandies, silks, fancy articles, furniture, clocks, watches, jewelry, paper, perfumery and fancy goods generally. Prussia exports linens, woolens, zinc, arti cles of iron and brass, indigo, wax, bams, copper, musical instruments, tobacco, wine and porcelain. England exports cotton, woolens, glass, hardware, earthenware, entierv, iron, steel, metallic wares, salt, coal, watches, tin, silks, and linens. Brazil exports coffee, indigo, sugar, rice, hides, dried meats, tallow, gold, diamonds and other precious stones, gums, mahogany and India robb’r. West Indies export sugar, molasses, rum, tobacco, mahogany, dye-wood, coffee, pimen to, fresh fruits and preserves, wax, ginger and other spices. East India exports cloves, nutmegs, mace, pepper, rice, indigo, gold dost, camphor, ben zine, enphur, ivory, rattans, sandal wood, zinc and nnta. United States exports principally agricul tural produce, cotton, tobacco, floor, provis ions of all kinds, lumber, turpentine and wearing apparel. The Last Shall be Fibst.—In heaven, will there be distinction made between the rich and the poor? Yes; but many a vain, heartless creature who glides down the broad aisle of a church, rustle into a pew, and amid, the flutter of silks, laces and leathers, bows herheadfera fashionable prayer, will enter tbe next life aa poor as the poorest beggar ahe.now looks down upon. While those who have patiently suffered, and grown strong in poverty, privation, and the thousand grie vances the poor hare with them always, will enter the eternal gates fa a halo of glorv, resplendent with everlasting riches lUtioioUS iepwjmttt trwi-r The fal*r« Ilia a An t wh*t look* dark ta tea d ataere, II if briakleuaa 1 diaw sear. PorCfTtiapa tte dreaded fatnra Ha* le-a bitter than I think, Th* I*trd stay aweeten th - water U. fore 1 Hoop to ■.rink. It mar he Heir watting For the coming of my fo-1 Some girt or rnett rare b’ea-lng Sam* Joy so mrenri lr street. That my lipa can only iremhla With the thank* 1 can't I*port. Oh t netful, hlia-ful lowtanre, ”17* b’leavd not to know; It keeps mequiet lo tbe arm* Which wilt not let me gw. And hnrhe* my rout to re*’ On the bosom that juvet to* «o. So I go oa rot lam - tug, I wonld not if I High’: I wonld lather walk m lh-* d.-tk with God Titan go atone In the ligltt. 1 would re’her walk with Him hy/tizl Than walk alone by eight. Yet 1 s tint that the dear leant chewe, £o I rend the con tug tear* hack. With the whiapered words: It Hellgloua Item*. . rcoxcmtsCD roaTaacoxariTCTiott.1 We should not retain the remembrance of faults we have once forgiven. The human soul, like the water of the salt sea, becomes fresh and aweet fa the sky. The grt nd essentials to happiness are some thing to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Ti ulli is immnrial: the sword cannot pirn O it, fire cannot consume it, prisons cannot in carcerate it, famine cannot etarve it. What wc do for ourselves, will aooo be forgotten; what we do for others, may be the vision to cheer the soul when the eye can no longer behold the loved ones. The Christian needs a reminder cvcre hour; some defeat, surprise,adversity,peril; toIw agitated, mortified, beaten out of counc, so that all remains of self will be sifhal out Truth is the bond of union and the hash of human happiness. Without this virtue there is no reliance in Intigusgp, no confidence in friendship, no security in oaths aad promises. An excellent mother, in writing toone of her sons on tlie birth of his eldest child, ssys: “Give him an education, that his life may In useful; teach him religion, that his death may be happy.” America’s gnat thinker, Emerson, says: “Life is hardly respectable if it has no gen erous task, no duties or affections that con stitute a necessity of existing. Every man’s task is his life preserver. Religion can never be nnrthing but a poor, punny, sickly growth u mere effervescent of sentimentalism, until it is based upon strict obedience to all laws of onr being, the or ganic as well as the spiritual. It is a noble and great thing t» cover tho blemish’s nnd to excuse the failings of a friend; to draw a curta’n before his stain*, and lo display his peifectiona-. to bury bis weakness in silence, but to proclaim llis vir tues upon the housetop. A learned man has said that tbe hardest words to pronounce in Uic English language are “I made a mistake ” Frederick the Grunt wrote to tlie Senate, “I have Just lost a bat tle, and it’s my own fsuit.” UoliLinitb ssys, “His confession showed more greatness then his victories.” Christian Courtesy. Every man has bis faults. Ids failings, his peculiarities. Every one of us finds himself crossed by snclt failings of others from hour to hour; and if ne were lo resent tluni all. or even notice all, it would be Intolerable, If for every outburst of hasty temper, and every rudeness that wounds in our daily path, we were to demand an apology, require an explanation, or resent it by retaliation, daily inlercou’se would be impossible. Tbe very science ot social life consists in that gliding tact wliieh avoids contact tvitii the sharp angularities tit character, which does not seek to art]list orctue them all, but cover* them aa if it did not see. So a Christian’* spirit throws a cloak over these things. It knows when it is wise not to see. That micro scopic distinctness in which all faults appear to captious men who arc forever blaming, dissenting, complaining—disappears fa the large, calm gaze of love. And, O, it is tins spirit which onr Christian society lacks, and which we shall never get till each one begins with his own heart. Facts auodt the Uiolb.—A ft lend sends us the following interesting paragraph. A prisoner, condemned to solitary confinement, obtain’ d a copy of the Bible,' nnd, far three years’ careful study, obtained the following facte: The Bible contains 3,586,159 letters, 773,- c93 words, 31,173 verses, f,18V chapters, and 60 books. The word and occurs 40.277 times. The word /ted occurs 1,753 tin-.es. The word llec-Tcnd occurs but once, which is the 9lh verse of the 111th Psalm. The 21st verse of the 7th chapter of Ezra contains all the letters in the alphabet, except the letter J. Tbe finest chapter to lead te the t6th chapter of tbe Acts of the Apostles. The lVih chap ter of II Kings and the 8?lh chapter of bateh are alike. Tbe longest verse is the 9th verse of the 8th chapter of Esther. Tbe shortest verse is the 85ih verae of the lltb e . St. John. Tbe 8ib, 15lb 31st, and 31st i of the 107th Psalm are alike. Each verae of tbe 188th Psalm end alike. Thera an no words or names of more than six sybablca Rui-es FOE the JuUKKKY or Ltr*.—'The following rules, from tho paper* of Dr. West, were, according to his memorandum, thrown togelUer as general waymarka fa the journey of life: Never to ridicule sacred things, or what others may esieera as such, however absurd they may appear to he. NeviT to show levity when the people are professedly engaged fa worship. Never resent a supposed injury till yon know the views and motives of the author of it; nor seek occasion to retaliate. Never to judge a persou's character by ex ternal appearance. Always to take the part of aa absent per son who te censured fa company, so far as truth and propriety will allow. Never to think the worse of another on account of his difference from us in political or religions opinions. Never to dispute if yon can fairly avoid it. Ho Not Feet.—John Wesley said, “ I dare no more fret, than to cunc and swear.” This te a high attainment in faith and ta grace. If it were as general as Wesley’s hymns are fa them effusion, tbe piety of tbe Christian would be amazingly advanced. Darenotfret? Why, there are scores ot ladies who dare do nothing else on rainy diys, and scores of men who are fretful and foolish when things do not move as they want them to g’Vand yet both these men and women are ions in faith of Christ, eminent for zral on public occasion*, and esteemed to be all but saints already, by those who profess to kuow them best, but who don’t know them at all Darenotfret!” Hepwoeth on Sectakianism.—The great Unitarian minister in renouncing bis creed said: “I do not care, dear friends, to join anv sect fa Christendom. I like all of them. I have dear friends in all of them, but they are not barriers between ns; and ought there not to be in this bright, beautiful America of ours the ereat Christian Church that knows not a difference between the Presbyterian and Methodist, the Episcopalian and tbe Congregationalism,” but soya, “wo are all brothers; wc believe in the rame God, tho same Christ, the same Holy Bpirit, and tho same immortality.” Seotsiuanism.—I have tried to be a sec- tarian. I can’t be. I have labored to work out the principles on which people spend their lives fa building np dividing fences be- tween themselves and neighbors. But I have always found that a summer spent in building fences brings a winter of starvation without a crop. I prefer to think of lb use things fa which, as Christians, we are united, and taey'constitute the whole troth which if necessary to save us from sin.—Or. Ting.